Version 2 of Reptor is still a free downloand !

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Reptor is designed to help you commit opening lines to memory. Reptor supplements all those books and DVDs that promise to teach you a new opening. The premise of these products is that they will provide you with at least one good choice for any course of action your opponent selects in the opening under consideration. Unfortunately you can't take these books into the playing hall with you, you need a way to remember the lines. Reptor trains you by challenging you to play down the recommended lines. If you need help, Reptor gently shows you the way. In no time you will be playing the lines with confidence.

Reptor can also be used to learn other types of chess knowledge, including tactics and endgame technique. For this type of training Reptor varies the starting position, but still challenges the user to come up with the right moves in the same way as when learning openings. A good example of this type of content is a lesson that teaches the problematic basic bishop and knight mate. This lesson is included with the Reptor download.

What Content is Included with Reptor ?

The following lessons are included in the Reptor download;

• Play the Queen's Indian defence.
• An interesting anti Caro-Kann line.
• A simple 1.d4 based opening repertoire.
• Forcing mate with bishop and knight only against a bare king.
• Learn the Lucena and Philidor positions.

I have prepared this content myself. The d4 repertoire will be familiar to people who downloaded the original Reptor download, the rest of the material is new. Unfortunately I am a better computer programmer than a chess player, and the content probably reflects this sad reality.

Fortunately Reptor now includes a tool to convert .pgn files into Reptor content. This means you can create your own content and/or convert training material from books and DVDs into Reptor's format.

Feel Free to Get Involved

If you are interested in Reptor, either as a user, a publisher, or a content author, talk to me. I am particularly interested in more original content. Send me your content and I will make it available to others through this website. You will be acknowledged and retain all rights.

Please *don't* send me transcriptions of DVDs, books or magazine articles originally written by others. I have no interest in violating the intellectual property rights of authors.